Heartwarming Story of the Day

Start here:

I'm going to tell you a story.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

There are a bunch of tweet in between, but here's where the story starts:

So one day, I went to Emmett's office and met the kids, two brothers named Johnny and George Huynh.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

The kids grew up inside that struggle. Food was always short. So was money. They had nothing. I've never seen anything like it.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

Shortly before I met the boys, their father had taken his own life. He jumped off the Tobin Bridge in Boston.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

Now watch the video:



Then this:

When I first met them, Johnny was a junior and George was a sophomore. Johnny graduated last year and went to UMass-Amherst.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

As college time rolled around for George, I became involved. I helped him with his essays. Did the sort of stuff a parent would do.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

We've been trading texts all day. We were both nervous. He had applied for early acceptance to his dream school. At 5 p.m., he would hear.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013

These boys are the nearest I've ever come to that thing we call The American Dream. But this was too much. George got into Yale.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 16, 2013